King Mohammed began a five-day visit to Laayun and other cities in Western Sahara yesterday. The visit comes only a month before the Moroccan government is to submit a proposal to the United Nations on the status of the region. The conflict between Morocco and RASD has now become Africa’s oldest territorial dispute.
Related: Reuters slideshow on the Western Sahara dispute.
Who is Laila Lalami
Laila Lalami is the award winning and best selling author of six books.
What books has Laila Lalami written?
Laila has written the novels, Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits, Secret Son, The Moor's Account, The Other Americans, and The Dream Hotel.
What awards has Laila Lalami won?
Laila Lalami has won the American Book Award, the Arab American Book Award, the Hurston-Write Legacy Award, a Guggenheim a Harvard Radcliffe Fellowship, and a British Council Fellowship. Her work has also been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Booker Prize, the Women's Prize, and the Edgar Allan Poe Award.